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 Gordon, who was banned by the NFL from consuming alcohol after
pleading guilty to driving while impaired last July, tested positive
for what he called a one-off session of moderate alcohol consumption
on a private jet last month.
The ban will keep him out of the entire 2015 season.
"We are disappointed to once again be at this point with Josh,"
Browns General Manager Ray Farmer said in a statement.
"Throughout his career we have tried to assist him in getting
support like we would with any member of our organization.
"Unfortunately our efforts have not resonated with him."
The suspension, without pay, is the latest in a list of violations
by the 23-year-old Gordon, who led the NFL in receiving in 2013.
He was banned for two games in 2013 after failing a drug test and
also for the first 10 games of 2014 after testing positive for
marijuana.
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He returned for five games and caught 24 passes for 303 yards. In
three years and 35 games with the Browns, he has 161 receptions,
2,754 yards and 14 touchdowns.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Frank
Pingue)
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